Hogan Institute of Cosmetology and Esthetics vs Pro Way Hair School

Metric	Hogan Institute of Cosmetology and Esthetics	Pro Way Hair School
Undergraduate enrollment	69	67
Average net price What students actually pay after aid	$32,724	$15,458
Median debt at graduation	$10,666	$12,500
Graduation rate	82.6%	60.0%
First-year retention	18.2%	75.0%
Median salary (10 yr)	—	$21,586

Metric

Hogan Institute of Cosmetology and Esthetics

Pro Way Hair School

Undergraduate enrollment

Average net price
What students actually pay after aid

$32,724

$15,458

Median debt at graduation

$10,666

$12,500

Graduation rate

82.6%

60.0%

First-year retention

18.2%

75.0%

Median salary (10 yr)

—

$21,586

What the numbers say

Pro Way Hair School costs less after aid — $15,458 a year versus $32,724, a difference of $17,266 annually, or roughly $69,064 across four years.
Hogan Institute of Cosmetology and Esthetics graduates a larger share of its students — 82.6% versus 60.0%.

How to actually choose

Comparison tables are a starting point, not a decision. Three things matter more than anything in the table above:

Your real aid offer. Net price is an average across all income levels. Two students at the same school can pay amounts that differ by tens of thousands. Wait for actual award letters before ruling anything out on cost.
Your intended major. Earnings vary more between majors at one school than between schools for one major. A computer science graduate from the "lower earning" school here will likely out-earn a general studies graduate from the other.
Whether you will finish. Graduation rate is the metric most predictive of whether the money spent turns into a credential. Campus fit, support services, and commute all feed into it more than prestige does.

Visit before you commit

Both Hogan Institute of Cosmetology and Esthetics and Pro Way Hair School run campus visits. Spending an afternoon on each will tell you things no dataset can.